Does June 29, 2007 ring any bells for you? That's the day Apple released the first iPhone. The year before, Apple's market capitalization was $61 Billion. Recently Apple became the first company to reach a market cap of $900 Billion. That growth can be almost entirely attributed to the iPhone released on that day.

Oracle offers thousands of technology products, but in my humble opinion, the Application Interface Services (AIS) platform is by far one of their most exciting contributions to date. Here is an overview of what AIS is and how you can put it to work inside your organization.